What’s Really in Your Pee?

(Sexy headline, right?) So, many of us think of urine as sterile, but it turns out that's not true -- many people's urine contains bacteria, and some of that bacteria could offer clues about underlying health conditions, according to research being presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Researchers from Loyola University Chicago found that bladder bacteria in healthy women was different from bladder bacteria in women with overactive bladder (which, by the way, affects about 15 percent of adult women!). Specifically, they found a greater diversity in bladder microbiota in the women with overactive bladder, which could help explain why many women don’t respond to conventional treatments for OAB.

We have to admit, all we can think about is that episode of Friends where Monica steps on the jellyfish. (“If I have to, I’d pee on any one of you!”)